Inflammatory biomarker kinetics after mechanical and bioprosthetic valve replacement

Inflammatory biomarker kinetics after mechanical and bioprosthetic valve replacement

Introduction: valve disease is an important cause of heart failure. There is a direct relationship between valve deterioration and the patient’s inflammatory status and cytokines: interleukin-6, interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor, and C-reactive protein, involved in this major state of inflammatio...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Rodrigues Bacci, Neif Murad, João Roberto Breda, Amanda Voltareli Cesar de Oliveira, Nathan Herszkowics, Nathalia Kitamoto Cardoso, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2015-02-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
insuficiência cardíaca
estenose da valva aórtica
interleucina-6
bioprótese
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